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PETER SPILSBURY HAS TAKEN COUNTLESS
NUMBERS OF PHOTOGRAPHS IN AND AROUND WARRINGTON OVER HIS LIFETIME.
I FIRST MET PETER IN MID-2006 AT RISLEY MOSS NATURE RESERVE WHILST CONDUCTING
RESEARCH FOR WARRINGTON
GREEN. DURING THAT CHANCE MEETING PETER SAID HE WOULD SELECT SOME OF HIS
PHOTOGRAPHS
FOR ME TO SHOW ON THE WEBSITE. MYWARRINGTON
IS PROUD TO PRESENT PETER'S GALLERY.
All photos on this page Copyright ©
Peter Spilsbury
The descriptions are from Peter's own notes, with additional notes
from me.
See more of Peter's photographs on the Memory
Lane page and throughout the Making
Tracks sections.
TOWN
CENTRE - FROM THE TOP
A series of images taken from the top of the town centre car
parks in the 1970s and 1980s
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Hilden
House & Priestley
House on the left. Garven
Place in the foreground.
Baths roof on the right.
Centre back is Crosfields &
Sacred Heart church.
(8 Jan 1976).
Priestley
House was
renamed Bank Quay
House in 2008. |
The
rear of the Warrington
Observer newspaper in the
foreground. The little café is
just to the right. The
Cheshire Lines Committee
warehouse stands out with
Central Station just below it.
Rylands offices above that.
The chimneys of Cockhedge
Mill to the right (8 Jan 1976). |
Golborne
Street. W.H.Smith's
on the left and Eustance's
jewellers in the centre at
the corner of Bold Street and
Sankey Street. The White
Hart hotel just to the right
and then the multi-storey
car park. (8 Jan 1976). |
The
Infirmary on the left
(Kendrick Street). Cheshire
Lines curve past the General
Hospital. Bold Power Station
in the right background
(8 Jan 1976). |
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Legh
Street. The pathology
laboratory on the left. St Paul's
in the background with the roof
of Lancashire Steel to the right.
Rolleston Street under the
bridge (8 Jan 1976). |
Golborne
Street & Scotland
Road. Behind the yellow car
is the Theatre Tavern
(now the Prince of Wales).
To its left is Parr's
bank (now NatWest bank).
On the sky-line from left to
right is Cockhedge Mill,
Parish church & New Town
House. Below that is the Hop
Pole pub. See a similar view
from a year earlier on the
Memory Lane
page
(15 Apr 1977). |
Golborne
Street and Marks
& Spencer (19 Sep 1980). |
St
Paul's church with new
housing in the Rolleston
Street area. Bold Power Station
is in the left background
and Lancashire Steel on the
right (19 Sep 1980). |
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The
back of the shirt works
on the left, then Wycliffe
church & Bewsey Street.
Tetley Walker's brewery behind
the church tower and further
right is the Alliance Box works
(8 Jan 1976). |
Spot
the difference. A similar
view of Wycliffe church, but
this time the buildings between
the church and railway viaduct
have gone. That area is now
occupied by Making Space
(19 Sep 1980). |
Friars
Gate with Academy
Street under construction.
The road was originally called
Rose & Crown Street and
led to Mersey Street. Friars
Green chapel is in the centre
background with Crosfields
behind. Even further behind
is Fiddlers Ferry (3 Oct 1978). |
Bridge
Foot with the bus
garage on the other side of
the railway bridge. St James'
church and Hill Cliffe
in the background (3 July 1978). |
STOCKTON
HEATH VIEWS
All the photos here were taken from the top of St Thomas'
Church, Stockton Heath.
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Greenall's
Brewery closed
down in 1991 and
Morrison's supermarket
took its place. Northwich
Road swing bridge
control box and the site of
Twenty Steps Lock are in
the bottom right hand corner. |
Looking
along Ellesmere Road
towards Walton with Naylor's
timber yard and Walton Lock
in view. |
The
bridge and control box
on the left. G & J Greenall
(burnt down in 2005)
behind Stafford Road.
The bed of the Black Bear
Canal can be picked out. |
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Black
Bear country park
and Loushers Lane fields. |
The
cantilever bridge stands
out over Fairfield Road.
Alexandra Park can be picked
out among the houses. |
London
Road and the old
Co-op, now with new
tenants, and the east
graveyard of
the church stands out. |
FIRE
STATION OPEN DAY 9 AUG 2007
Thanks to Cheshire Fire Brigade for permission to reproduce
these images.
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The
name and plaque
from the old fire station
in Queen Street. |
Display
of fire appliances
at the front of the
station in Winwick Road. |
A
water tender
leaving the station and
crossing Winwick
Road (L968 TFM, 1994). |
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The
foam tender and its
equipment. This appliance
is useful at oil and
petrol spillage accidents. |
A
demonstration of the
hydraulic lift using
the training tower
(ML02 MTJ). |
No
one is in the wet suit,
it is just part of the display
of equipment that
accompanies the Chinook
rigid inflatable and its
towing vehicle
(DK56 JYP). |
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Hazard
Management Unit
(DK52 VZG) is one of the
vehicles that attend traffic
accidents on roads
and motorways. |
1952
Dennis engine NED 146 once worked for Joseph
Crosfields & Sons, and was garaged at their fire station on
Liverpool Road. It is now looked after by the
Cheshire fire and rescue service at their
headquarters at Winsford. Its registration gives
its affectionate name of NED. |
BURTONWOOD
AIR BASE
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RAF
Burtonwood was the name of the Royal Air Force station that used to be
situated in the northwest of the town. The
base opened in 1939 and covered an area of 1,471 acres, containing 18
miles of roadway and 13 hangars. During World War II it acted as a
servicing centre for the American Air Force. By the end of the war there
were 18,000 servicemen stationed there. Following World War II the
station declined somewhat with numbers being reduced. The Americans left
the station in 1965, but the US forces moved back there in 1967 and the
site was developed into a storage and forward supply depot. The base
provided service functions for the 1991 Gulf War. It closed in August
1993. The M62 motorway now occupies part of the old runway. At
present the site is being entirely demolished to make way for a new
commercial development and the building of a new village called
Chapelford.
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In
1956 and 1957 Peter attended open days at the air base. Here he presents
some of his photos from that visit. For those interested in the
technical stuff, some were taken using a fixed exposure box camera,
whilst others were taken using a Kodak Retinette camera without a
rangefinder or exposure meter.
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C47 Skytrain/Dakota. It featured two 1,200-hp
Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3G Twin Wasp radial piston engines. Its
maximum speed was 230 mph at a height of 23,200ft. Its length was 64 ft
5.5in and had a wing span of 95ft. This type of plane was used in the
Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. |
T-33A
Shooting Star 53-5150 (35150). It was the first USAF jet trainer.
Its range was 1,345 miles with a maximum speed of 600 mph. 7,000 of the
type were built. Its length was 37ft 9in and it had
a wing span 38ft
10.5in. |
The
Vickers Valiant B(PR)K WZ405 belonged to 207 Squadron based at
Marham, Norfolk. It was the first of Bomber
Command's V class aircraft, and established Britain's air-borne nuclear
deterrent force before pioneering operational in-flight refuelling in
the Royal Air Force. |
Douglas
C-124C Globemaster.
It was used for long-range
cargo and operated
between 1925-1962. It featuring 4 Pratt
& Whitney R-4360-63A engines,
and had a range of 4,030 miles,
with a top speed of 304 mph. |
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Stratofreighter. This was
the cargo/transport version of the B-29. It had four Pratt & Whitney
R-4360 engines of 3,500 hp. each and Two General Electric J47s of 5,970
lbs. thrust each. Its crew consisted of a Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator,
and Boom-Operator. A height of 38ft 4in, length of 117ft 5in and a wing
span of 141ft 2in gave it a maximum speed of 400 mph. They cost
$1,205,000 each. |
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Havilland Comet C2. The maiden flight of the type was 27 July 1949
and it was Britain's first commercial jet airliner. They had 7 fuel
tanks - later versions had 9. The Comet 2 featured Rolls-Royce Avon
engines and were allocated to the RAF. |
Boeing
B-47 Stratojet No. 17045. It was never based at Burtonwood, just
visiting this day for the Open House. It was introduced in 1951 and cost
$1.9million each. It was primarily designed for penetrating the Soviet
Union. Length was a 107ft 1in in and it had a wing span of 116ft.
Maximum speed was 607 mph. |
The
Blackburn Beverley was a medium range military freighter
built here in the United Kingdom. It flew with a crew of four and had four
Bristol Centaurus 173 or 273 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engines of
2,850 hp (2,125 kW). It was 99ft 5in long, had a wing span of 162ft and
flew at a maximum speed of 238mph, attaining a height of 5,700ft. |
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C-47D Skytrain. It weighs in at 15,326 lb with a wing span of 95 ft
and a speed of 150 mph. A
large order was placed in 1940 for the military DC-3, which was
designated C-47 and became known as "Skytrain," a name it
would soon be asked to live up to. It was powered by two 1,200-hp Pratt
& Whitney R-1830-S1C3G Twin Wasp radial piston engines, with a
maximum speed of 230 mph and a range of 2,125 miles. |
Fairchild
C-119C Boxcar 37844. It featured
Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines. Maximum speed was 296 mph and its
range was 2,280 miles. The type first flew in 1947. The C-119 was a
redesign of an earlier Fairchild transport design, the C-82 Packet,
which was built for the USAF between 1945 and 1948. |
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Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk. It was developed just after World War II
to replace the Tiger Moth. It had one 145-hp
deHavilland Gypsy Major 8 inline piston engine, a length of 25ft 5in and
a wing span of 34ft 4in. Top speed was 138 mph at sea level and a range
of 280 miles. It is seen here with a Gloster
Javelin FAW4 XA 631, described next. |
Gloster
Javelin FAW4 XA631 was an all weather fighter of No. 23 Squadron
from RAF Coltishall, Norfolk. It is a fighter designed by George Carter
and the maiden flight was on 26 November 1951. There were 10 versions of
the javelin and this fourth version was one of 50 manufactured. The two
crew members were the pilot and a radar operator. It was 56ft 9in in
length, had a wing span of 52ft and was powered by two
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 7 turbojet engines. |
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Havilland Vampire T11 XK584. They were powered by One
3,350-pound thrust D.H. Goblin 3 turbojet. A wing span of 38ft and a
maximum take-off weight of 12,390lbs added to its maximum speed of 548
mph and a range of 1,229 miles. The first version of the model was first
flown in 1943 with Geoffrey
deHavilland at the controls, although it didn't see active service until
1946. |
The
Hawker Hunter F6 XF527 was part of 19 Squadron and was based at
Church Fenton in Yorkshire. It was powered by one
Rolls Royce Avon RA.28 engine of 10,000 lb thrust. Its speed was mach
0.95 (just below the speed of sound). It featured
the ability to carry a wide range of under wing stores such as bombs and
rockets and equipped 19 RAF squadrons. |
North
American B-45A Tornado 47-087. It was a light bomber and photo
reconnaissance aircraft and had a top speed of 550 mph. It was powered
by four 5,200 lb static thrust General Electric J476-GE-15 turbojets
giving a bombing load of 20,000 lbs. Its maiden flight was on 17 March
1947, and it was introduced into service on 22 April 1948. The unit cost
was $1.1 million. |
Douglas
B-66B Destroyer BB302 (5032). It was designed by Ed Heinemann and
the maiden flight took place in 1954. It entered service in 1956 and was
retired in 1973. 72 models were built. It had a crew of 3 and flew at a
maximum speed of 631 mph. Its length was 75ft 2in and the wing span
measured 72ft 6in. It could climb at a rate of 5,000ft/min. |
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four more images from Peter's Burtonwood collection in RAF
Burtonwood. |
THE
JET STEAM!
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The RAF has recruiting exhibitions
from time to time but this one was a bit unusual. This Gnat trainer was
displayed on the Town Hall lawn when I took its picture on 7-5-76. There
was also a Bloodhound missile on show as well.
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A
Steam Engine Party was held in Victoria Park on 11-5-86. Among the dozen
or so engines was this Aveling & Porter roller belonging to Fred
Dibnah, who can be seen at the controls (possibly with the help of a
member of the family). A heavy shower dampened the show a bit but the
sun came out as they were making their way home.
Addition from Gordon: I met Fred
Dibnah on 17 April 1994 when he visited Greenings factory on Bewsey Road
to blow up the old chimney. One spectator, unaware of Fred's sense of
humour, asked what time the chimney was coming down. Fred replied, 5 to
12. "How can you be so precise?" asked the spectator. "Because the pub
opens at 12", said Fred. 5 to twelve, BANG, one chimney down and one Fred
Dibnah supping his pint of best Greenall's 5 minutes later!
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BANK
QUAY 1971-1982
WARRINGTON
& NEWTON RAILWAY 175TH ANNIVERSARY (2006)
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Tuesday 25 th
July 2006 was the 175th
anniversary of the opening of the Warrington & Newton Railway.
It ran from near the Three Pigeons Hotel, along Dallam Lane to Newton
Junction, better known as Earlestown. The line was taken over by the
Grand Junction Railway on 31st December 1834 |
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It moved to Bank Quay
when that opened. It is believed that a small window at the side of the
pub was the ticket office, but it has never been authenticated. The
engine shed was in what later became the Co-op coal yard. Only a bit of
the far wall now survives. The photograph was taken by a late friend of
mine, Jim Mercer, in 1969.
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WARRINGTON
CENTRAL STATION
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Warrington
Central Station was opened by the Cheshire Lines Committee in 1873.
The ticket office for Manchester was incorporated in the brick
structure on that side. On the Liverpool side, seen here, they
constructed a "temporary" wooden ticket office which
lasted until the new entrance and booking hall was opened in 1983 (110
years). It was accessed by a flight of stairs from Winwick Street, with
a tunnel linking to the Manchester stairs. Many's the time I have joined
the queue to file past the ticket office, handing in my half
ticket on the way out. The photo was taken on 6-6-82. |
CATTLE
PENS OFF FROGHALL LANE
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This
photo is of the cattle pens just off Froghall Lane bridge. From soon
after the railway came to Warrington, until the appearance of the motor
lorry, cattle had arrived and departed by train from here, and herded
to the town market. The ramp can still be seen behind the wire fence
on the bridge and the pens are still there, although they cannot be
seen because of the trees and bushes that have grown since this photo
was taken on 13-6-82. It would be nice to see this bit of Warrington's
history being restored. The road services vehicles of British Rail can
be seen in the background (now the location of Aldi and Iceland
stores).
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WATERSIDE
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The
sand barge Mary P. Cooper collided with the coastal ship Foamsville
on 21st March 1961. It took nearly six weeks to raise the sunken wreck
and provided entertainment for sightseers.
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This
is Howley wharf in the early 1970's. Part of it became the Mississippi
Showboat club, which was burnt down on 2 March 2004. Bishops Wharf and
Underwood had a road haulage yard to the left of the warehouse.
It must have been an interesting sight years ago when barges regularly
came up this part of the river.
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Thames
Board Mills. This view of the barges at Thames Board Mills
was taken in 1974.
This operation must have finished soon after.
The concrete wharf
can still be seen when walking along Chester Road.
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This
is the motor barge PANARY by Fairclough's Mill at Atherton Quay
on 5th September 1977. Barges delivered grain here until
Fairclough's closed in about 1987. The tall building now has an eye
painted on it on the other side [see my photo of The Big Pink Eye
on the
My
Warrington page]. PANARY can still be seen from time to time
at
Frodsham Bridge. As a matter of interest, Crosfields had a ship,
called
LUX, that worked up the river from Liverpool to their factory. Peter
remembers it passing Fiddlers Ferry in his early youth. It is now
called
SAFE HAND and still works around the Liverpool docks.
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SAILING
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The
two oil tankers here are sailing down the Manchester Ship Canal. On
the left is Eluthera leaving Latchford Locks, whilst further up the
Ship Canal is Superiority at Runcorn Docks. Runcorn
Dock has a history as a port stretching back to medieval times. During
this period it was in competition with Chester to be the major port of
Cheshire. In 1481, Chester was granted a monopoly on Cheshire trade
with Ireland, stalling Runcorn's growth. |
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PETER
HAS AN EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF BUS PHOTOGRAPHS
THE 1970s
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Metro Scania (VWD 451H - built
1969) at Sankey Green island
in March 1971. This
battery-operated bus was on trial
and evidently not a success,
as it did not enter regular service.
The row of shops to the right of
the bus included Worrall's Fishing
and Shooting shop on Green Street.
The houses to the left of the bus
were on Mill
Lane. The street sign
can still be seen on the side of
the Co-op Late Shop.
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WCT
(Warrington Corporation
Transport) 29 (HED 856E)
Daimler
Fleetline (built 1967) in
Buttermarket Street on 28-3-75.
In this scene, New Town House
is under construction. In 2006,
Ready Money Greenwoods
is now Britannia Building
Society and the Odeon cinema
is demolished and replaced
by Yates’ Wine Lodge,
now closed. |
WCT
105 (NED 356M) Daimler
Fleetline (built 1973) on 20-6-78,
working along Reynolds Street
on the 16 service from Westy
to Great Sankey via Town Centre.
This was the first bus with
all-over advertising livery,
giving it the local title
of “the Baldwin Bus”. |
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WBT
33 (SED 450H) 1969 Daimler
Fleetline & Halton 38 Leyland
(HTF 644B) in the Orford area
on 22-6-78. WCT were awaiting
the arrival of an order of new
buses and had to borrow some
from other fleets, hence the
Halton bus here. |
Dennis
Dominator demonstrator
at Pinners Brow island on 4-7-78.
[SHE 722S]. The Old Ball pub (now
demolished) can be seen to the
right, with the old Co-op (now
Ram Properties Tannery Court)
to the left. |
WCT
85 Leyland (3713 ED)
is a
tuition bus in Orford
Lane on 4-7-78.
British
Telecom’s advertisement
starring “Busby” is in
the background. |
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Lancashire
United 173 Daimler
Fleetline (ETD 943B) rests
in Bewsey Street prior to
moving to the starting point
of the service to Ashton
(in-Makerfield) at the Bay Horse
inn in Winwick Street on 5-9-78.
Nowadays, this spot is occupied
by Warrington Interchange.
The building behind was once a
handyman's store. |
A
lone Lancashire United among
Crosvilles at Arpley Bus Station
on 17-9-78. Crosville ran services
to Liverpool and Chester,
as well as some local school runs.
The Lancashire United was on the
Manchester 10 service.
My friend tells me how she waited
here as a child for a bus to take
her on holiday to North Wales. |
Crosville
SRL255 (SJA 380S)
at Arpley Bus Station on 17-9-78. |
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WCT
75 (REK 75R) Leyland
Atlantean celebrates 75 years
of Warrington Transport as it
leaves Buttermarket Street for
Penketh on 22-10-78. WCT 74
(REK 74R), also a Leyland Atlantean,
is at the Woolston stop. |
WCT
35 (SED 452H) Daimler
Fleetline & 62 (YED 270K) Bristol
RESL6L in Buttermarket Street
on 22-11-78. Syd Ellison's bicycle
shop occupied the white
building to the right of the
Lower Angel pub for many years. |
WCT
75 (REK 75R) Leyland
Atlantean & 101 (NED 351M)
Daimler Fleetline in
Buttermarket Street
on 27-11-78. |
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Lancaster
City Council 205 (KTJ 205C) Leyland, left, & WCT 101
(NED 352M) Leyland Atlantean in Town Hill on the Westy service on
27-11-78. The Lancaster bus was on loan to WCT to help out with fleet
shortage, and Town Hill was the temporary bus stop while demolition
was
taking place in the town centre for the Golden Square development. |
WCT
66 (JEK 66N) in
Buttermarket
Street
on 27-11-78. It is a Bristol
RESL6L built by East Lancs. |
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Warrington
Corporation 112 is a Foden PVD/6 (OED 217) with an East Lancs body and
built in 1956. It was the
last Foden double-decker bus to be built and was later sold to an
enthusiast for preservation in 1972 and kept
at Steamport museum in Southport. This photograph was taken at
Bickershaw colliery near Wigan in 1972. |
THE
1980s
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Crosville
(FTU 390T) in the
bus station on 19-9-80. |
Crosville
G554 (VFM 554C) at
the bus station on 7-10-80. |
Crosville
(FTU 386T) on
the H5
service to Liverpool in
Golborne
Street on 17-6-81. |
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GMT
534 (PDT 671S) Leyland
National leaving the bus station
on the Manchester 10 service
in Golborne Street on 17-6-81.
Notice the Golden Square
construction in the background. |
WCT
77 (REK 77R) Leyland
Atlantean is preparing to turn
into Poplars Avenue with a
good number of passengers
on 16-8-81. |
First
Manchester 5053
(MRJ 33W)
MCW on the
Manchester 10 service
in Golborne Street
on 11-11-98. |
THE
1990s PART 1 - BATTLE OF THE BUSES
The
Transport Act of 1985 brought about deregulation of British bus
services in October
1986. It meant that the competition was now open for any bus operator
to run services
wherever they wished. It also turned council-owned services into
limited companies.
For more information on the Bus Wars, see On
The Buses. |
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Warrington
Goldline 129
(M129 YCM) Mercedes at the
Golborne Street bus stop
on 4-6-96. |
WBT
206 (D106 TTJ)
Dodge S56
sporting a
bright Mini Lines livery
in Golborne Street
on 4-6-96. |
North
Western 1173
(M173 YKA)
Dennis in
Bridge Street with the
Premier livery on the
Altrincham
service
on 15-7-96. |
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Warrington
Goldline 1212
(M212 YKD) Plaxton Pointer
negotiating Mersey Street
island on 15-7-96. In trying
to keep its identity secret,
North
Western used this
vehicle in a
white livery. |
WBT
1 (F101 XEM) Dennis
Dominator at Chester
bus station on 16-7-96. |
Warrington
Goldline 1197
(M197 YKA) at the rear of
the market in Academy
Way on 20-4-97. |
THE
1990s PART 2
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WBT
2 (T202 AFM) Dennis Dart
passing under the Bridgwater
Canal
at Lumbrook Bridge
on 23-5-90. |
WBT
70 (LED 70P) Bristol
RESL6G
in Golborne Street
bus station on 23-5-99. |
WBT
71 (LED 71P) Bristol
RESL6G
emerging from under
the
Bridgewater Canal at
Lumbrook Bridge on 23-5-99. |
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WBT
83 (TTB 83S) Leyland
Atlantean in Bridge Street
on 15-7-96. |
Fairbrothers
(VNH 159W)
on a school service in
Knutsford Road on 15-4-97. |
WBT
149 (AED 31B) in the bus
depot slip road off Wilderspool
Causeway in Coachline livery on
3-2-98. This was one of a dozen
Leyland 'Titan PD2/40 Specials'.
It was built in 1964 to a narrow
width to negotiate Sankey Street
near Woolworth's. The street was
eventually made one-way and
later became pedestrianised. |
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WBT
116 (S116 GUB) Optare
Metrorider at the Golborne
Street bus stop on 11-1-98. |
WBT
241 (M241 YCM) Dennis
Dart at the Golborne Street
bus stop on 1-5-98. |
WBT
38 (A208 DTO) Leyland
ONLXB/1R moving into
Hunts Lane from Knutsford
Road on 13-5-98. |
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North
Western 1160
(M160 WKA) wearing Runcorn
City Plus lettering at Daresbury
en route to Chester on 20-5-98. |
Warrington
Goldline 1175
(M175 YKA) crossing over Black Bear
Bridge in Knutsford Road on its way
to Altrincham on 26-6-98. Although
North Western was using its own
brand it carried on using the
Goldline until the buses went in for
an overhaul. I have used whatever
brand the bus was carrying
at the time it was photographed. |
Arriva
64 (M64 WKA) Mercedes
on the dedicated 106 service at
the Golborne Street bus stop on
11-11-98. |
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WBT
100 (C100 UBC) Dennis
Dominator rests between
duties outside the bus
station on 23.2.99. |
WBT
20 (MEK 20W) Leyland
Atlantean between duties near
the bus station on 23-2-99. The
One-2-One phone company
advertised on the bus eventually
became T-Mobile. |
WBT
102 (C102 UBC) Dennis
Dominator at the Golborne
Street bus stop on 6-4-99. |
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Anthony’s
Travel (G991 ORR)
at Warrington bus station on
9-4-99. Anthony’s is a Runcorn-
based company that has limited
services in Warrington,
especially on a Sunday. |
WBT
248 (M248 YWM) Dennis
Dart in Tarporley Road
where it crosses over the M56 on
9-4-99. The destination board
says Service 43. From 31 July 2006
this route is withdrawn, along
with Services 43, 43A, 44, 44A and
45B, but Service 46 to Northwich
will still serve Barnton. |
WBT
2 (T202 AFM) Dennis
Dart at the Golborne Street
bus stop on 6-4-99. This type
has
low-floor access. |
TURN
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WBT
Foden recovery vehicle
(Q866 RCA) at the bus depot
on 23-5-99. |
WBT
96 (F96 STB) Dennis
Dominator in Ackers Road,
Stockton Heath, on 7-4-00. |
WBT
16 (V216 JLG) Dennis
Dart in the City for Peace
livery at the Golborne Street
bus stop on 17-7-00. |
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WBT
229 (L229 SWM) Dennis
Dart with the Drug Dealer livery
at the Golborne Street bus
stop on 17-7-00. |
WBT
27 (Y627 GFM) Dennis
Dart with the Disability
Awareness livery in the
bus station on 25-4-01. |
WBT
119 (S119 GUB) Optare
Metrorider at the Golborne
Street bus stop on the
Centrelink service in July 03. |
WARRINGTON
BOROUGH TRANSPORT CENTENARY OPEN DAY - 3 JUNE 2002
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WBT
148 (BED 729C) at the bus
depot on 3-6-02. It is one of the
Leyland Titan PD/40 Specials,
and dates from 1965. It is now
preserved as the company's
heritage vehicle. On the day of
the Centenary celebrations it
was used to ferry people to and
from the bus station. |
WBT
1 (T201 AFM) Dennis Dart in
the Transport Centenary livery. |
WBT
16 (V216 JLG) Dennis
Dart in the Queen’s Golden
Jubilee livery. |
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Transport
& General Workers
Union (NIL 9313) at the
Centenary celebrations. |
Westy
Sure Start (B54 AOC) Dennis
waits outside St Margaret’s Hall
in Lindley Avenue on 10-4-02. It
was also on display at the Centenary
Event. This community bus is
serviced by Warrington Borough
Transport at their depot but does
not belong to them. |
WBT
26 (Y626 GFM) Dennis Dart in
the Warrington Wolves livery. The
Wolves Super League rugby club
used
to play at Wilderspool just
around
the corner, but moved to
the Halliwell Jones stadium on the
site
of the old Tetley Walker Brewery
on
Winwick Road/Dallam Lane. |
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WBT
238, 233 (Dennis Darts),
117, 118 (Optare Metroriders),
247, 222, 216 & 210 (Dennis Darts).
The last two are also Dennis Darts.
The Wilderspool rugby stand can
be seen in the background. |
WBT
47 (A747 GFY) & 48
(A748 GFY), both Dennis
Dominators, at the bus depot.
The depot itself was built
between 1960 and 1964. |
WBT
38 (A206 DTO) Leyland,
101 ( C100 UBC) Dennis Dominator,
87 (A487 HKB) Leyland Olympian,
102 (C102 UBC) Dennis Dominator
& 96 (F96 STB) Dennis Dominator. |
RNLI
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Peter
has supplied the following nine images to highlight the work of the RNLI
charity over the years.
See the My Warrington page for another
RNLI lifeboat photographed by Peter. Link to the RNLI
website.
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Lifeboat
Week on the Isle of Man has the Douglas lifeboat ready
to go (left) and actually being launched in 1962. Even the rain
did not put visitors off seeing the action. |
In
1971 it was the turn of the Port Erin (left)
and Ramsey lifeboats to face my camera. |
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RNLB
William & Laura
lifeboat from Newcastle,
Northern Ireland, visited
the Liverpool Maritime
Museum during the city's
Parade of Sail week in 1986.
The photograph was taken
on 30th June. |
On
5 June 1988 it was the
turn of the New Brighton
lifeboat to be on duty
during the Parade of Sail. |
Hoylake's
lifeboat took its turn at
the Parade on 18 June 1989,
with the Royal Iris in
the background. |
Fleetwood
lifeboat 47-038
sailed up the River Wyre
on 22 July 1990. |
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The
ex-volunteer lifeboat Elizabeth Simpson, which being a volunteer boat
did not belong to the RNLI, ties up at Great Yarmouth quay after taking
passengers up Braydon Water to visit the mill there. She was launched on
the River Yare after being built by Beeching Brothers in 1889. She
operated as a "wet" boat, being flooded to the gunnels and
then rowed out to rescue. She retired in 1939 and became a passenger
ship operation on the river until retiring in 1973. She is now laid up
for restoration at Fakenham, Norfolk.
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If you wish to be kept informed
about lifeboat launches by the RNLI anywhere in the country, click rnli.org.uk/pager
to download the desktop pager software which updates a short while after
a launch is made. You can track the last 12 launches of either your
favourite or local station, or indeed from every station. It's great
software, and certainly makes one appreciate the work of this fine
organisation who selflessly perform rescues day and night. The software
works with Mac or Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
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